Hogan-Spring Glen Elementary is getting a full reboot on Beach Boulevard, with construction underway on a brand-new pre-K–5 campus that Duval County Public Schools says will open in August 2027. The roughly $44 million project will replace the aging building and bump capacity to about 930 students.
Project details
The district says the new campus will feature three early-learning classrooms and nine specialized spaces to support a wide range of student needs. The negotiated cost lands at about $43.7 million, with Bhide & Hall Architects designing the project, Batson-Cook Company serving as the contractor and Jacobs Engineering handling project management, as reported by News4JAX.
Timeline and funding
Duval officials updated the construction schedule in March, saying work was set to begin March 6 and that the rebuilt Hogan-Spring Glen remains on track to open in August 2027, according to Duval County Public Schools. The project is being funded with a voter-approved half-cent school surtax passed in November 2020, and the district has said that surtax has already supported several recent school projects, per Duval County Public Schools.
Where the campus will sit
The new campus is rising on the longtime Beach Boulevard site. The original Hogan-Spring Glen building was recently demolished, and students are attending nearby schools while construction moves forward, as reported by Jacksonville Today. The rebuild is part of a broader consolidation plan aimed at boosting utilization across district campuses and reassigning students from Love Grove and Englewood into larger new schools.
Cost trimming and value engineering
District officials say they carved out roughly $8 million from earlier cost projections through value engineering and line-by-line reviews of subcontractor charges, a detail reported in a Florida Times-Union story reproduced on AOL. School operations staff told board members those savings are part of a broader push to bring several 2027 projects closer to their original estimates.
At a Tuesday groundbreaking, district leaders, construction teams and longtime residents marked the official start of work and got a look at renderings that preserve elements of the original campus, according to News4JAX. For more information on the project, contact Duval County Public Schools' communications office at (904) 390-2126 or [email protected].
